Video: Breaking Down the Four NFL Wild Card Games

NFL wildcard weekend is here and it’s all the usual suspects as the Baltimore Ravens, Washington Redskins, Atlanta–oh, whoops, none of those teams made it after one of the craziest seasons in recent memory. Instead, complete surprises like the Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers and Philadelphia Eagles will play this weekend in the first round of playoff games.

Kevin Clark and Geoff Foster discuss all four games, including why Kansas City is built to stop the powerful Indianapolis Colts attack in one of the more intriguing matchups of the weekend, where a shocking Chiefs team–who have been reborn under new coach Andy Reid, have built a mistake-free brand of football that may play perfectly in the playoffs.

In Green Bay, temperatures will struggle to stay above zero. It’s so cold, in fact, that fans haven’t sold out the game despite Green Bay’s 319 game regular season sellout streak. The cold may not matter to San Francisco, who at least on paper, are built to play in cold weather.

In Cincinnati, the Bengals host the Chargers, who got in with an overtime win over the Chiefs in the final moments of the regular season. While many observers believe they don’t belong, one expert thinks they could actually win a game.

And in Philadelphia, Drew Brees and the Saints try to do something that they don’t do very well: score points away from the comforts of the Superdome. The task is even more daunting considering they are facing an Eagles team that is peaking at the right time.

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